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W. J. BASSINGTON & W. BURNETT. METHOD OF SUPPLYING LOUOMOTIVE TENDERS WITH WATER.

No. 65,869. Patented June 18, 1867.

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WALTER J. BRASSINGTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK. AND. WILLIAM B. BURTNETT, OF ,NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 65,869, dalccl June 18, 1857.

IMPROVED METHOD OF SUPPLYING LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS WITH WATER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! Be it known that we, WALTER J". BRASSINGTON, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and WILLIAM B. BURTNETT, of the city of New York, .in the county and State of New York, have invented a Method of Supplying Tanks of Locomotive Tenders with Water; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, anrlexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, sheet 1, isa side elevation of a locomotive engine and tender, showing the application of our invention thereto. x

Figure 3, sheet 2, is a front. end elevation of the tender, showing its tank and feed-water apparatus.

Figure 2, sheet 1, is a top view of fig. 1.

.Figure 4, sheet 2, is a diametrical section of a reservoir to be used in very deep wells.

Figure 5, sheet 2, is a side view of a coupling which is used in attaching the feed or supply pipe to the tender.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved mode of supplying water to the tanks of locomotive-engine tenders, whereby. the use of pumps, elevated reservoirs, and other expensive machinery, requiring the attendance of persons at different points along a road, are dispensed with, and the tankssupplied with less loss of time and labor than attends the use of pumps. I

' The nature of our invention consists in a tender-tank of-a locomotive made air-tight, and provided with a pipe communicating with the locomotive boiler, and also with 'a device for attaching a pipe which is designed to lead into a reservoir or well of water for the purpose of supplying said tank with water; this arrangement beingsuch that steam from the boiler may be employed as the means for creating a vacuum in the tender-tank when it is desirable to have water flow into the said tank; our invention further consists in the combination of a secondary air-tight water-tank with a spray pipe, and with a primary tank; our invention consists, further, in an auxiliary vessel or vessels in combination with the air-tight tender-tank of the locomotive, whereby water may be supplied from deep wells or deep places, or from elevated positions.

To enable others skilled in then-rt to understand our invention, we will describe one mode of carrying it.

The mode which has been most generally adopted for supplying water to the tanks of locomotive tenders, is to have elevated reservoirs located at proper points along a road, which are supplied with water by means of forcing-pumps, and from which water is drawn by means of pipes leading into the said tanks. This mode involves considerable expense, loss of time, and lab'or,'and should long detention of a train upon a road, from accident or other cause, deprive the tank of water, no. means have been provided for elevating water should it be near at hand. It is contemplatedby our invention to supply an. engineer with means whereby he can rapidly supply his tank with water from a river, stream,--pond, orotherreservoir of water situated near the road.

i In the accompanying drawings, A represents the boiler of a locomotiveengine, and B the tender thereof. This tender isprovided with a tank, 0, which is constructedin the usualmanner, with the exception that this tank is made air-tight; for all practicalpurposemso that a vacuumcan bsproduced, in it by the introduction of steam from the boiler A. .The pipe 11 leadsfrom the boiler to the tank, and has a cook, a, applied to it, by which the engineer can let on or cut off steam at pleasure. A short pipe or connection, 5, is applied to the tank C, having a cock, 0, and also a hooked fastening, d, applied to it. The outer end of this short pipe is adapted for receiving a coupling, d, upon one end of a hose or flexible pipe, D, show n in figs. 3 and 5, which latter has ears, e e, projecting from its coupling (2', for receiving the hooks on fastening d and thus securing the coupling in place. If desirable, a packingwin-g may be applied on the outer-end of pipe 6, for making a tight joint when the coupling d is held in its place by the hooked fastening; The flexible hose is made of suitable length to reachithe water in a well or reservoir, as shown in fig. 1, and on its lower end a strainer, S, may be applied, for preventing the entrance of foreign substances into the tank of the tender. In practice extra sections of hose will be provided, incase one section should not belong enough to reach into the water of the well or reservoir,- as the case may he. A-smaller cool-water vessel, E, is employed for allowing of the introduction of water into the tank 0 through the spray pipef, for suddenly condensing steam in said tank. The vessel E can be supplied with water from tank 0 by forcing steam into this vessel through pipe a and then opening a communication between the tank and vessel by means of the cock which is applied to pipe t. To supply water to the tank 0, one end of the hose pipe I) is applied to the nozzle ofpipe b, and the other end of this pipe immersed in'watcr, as indicated in fig. 1. The cock cis closed and the cook (1 opened, thus allowing steam from boiler A to rush into the tank. The cock a -is then closed and the steam in.the tank allowed to condense and form'a vacuum-therein, after which the cock c is opened, when water from the well will instantly rush into the tank and fill the said space. The hose pipe D is then detached and stowed away upon thetcnder, and the engineer is readyto proceed on his journey. When water is not found in sutlicient quant-iticsnear the surface of the ground, and a deep well is required to obtain it,.we contemplate employing either an elevated reservoir,

or one which is applied withinthe well, in connection with the air-tight tender-tank. In thelatter instance we use an air-tight reservoir, G,shown in fig. 4, which is provided with a pipe, K, leading down from the uppcr'end of this reservoir into the water. The water is first elevated into this reservoir by introducing steam from the boiler into it, through a pipe, G, thus producing a vacuum which will cause the water.from the well to rise through pipe K and supply this vacuum. The water thus elevated is then forced into the tank C-'through pipe H and a flexible hose section, in the manner above described for obtaining water which is near the surface of the ground. It will be found necessary to employ a valve, J, constructed substantially as shown in fig. 4, in

conjunction with the reservoir G, for automatically closing the steam inlet instantly the steam is out off from this reservoir. Such valve is opened by the outward pressure of steamunder its enlarged portion, and it is closed again by the recoil of the spring which is applied to its upwardly-projecting stem, as'shcwn. The reservoir G is applied permanently in the well from which water is to be drawn, and located as near the top of the wellas practicable. Y

I We are aware that it has been essayed to supply the tanks of locomotive tenders withiwater by th'e'force of steam from the boiler of a locomotive acting directly upon a column of water which is confined in an apparatus arranged within a well should such method succeed practically it would involve considerable expense, and would not place in the hands of an engineer of a locomotive engine the means and power of supplying the tank of the tender with water whenever it was found necessary. Such method, ifpracticablc at all, would involve the expense of-a peculiarly-constructed contrivance located within a well at everywatering-place, and provided with valves which would beliablc to derangement, and consequently not certain in their action at all times; besides which, there would be a great loss of steam by condensationin consoqnence of bringingit "in direct contact with the cool water in the well. We avoid objections incident to some of the devices to effect the desired object, by making the tank-tender air-tight, forming a communication bet-ween it and the locomotive boiler, andfiproviding it with a hose which will lead down into the waterwherever water is found convenient. Our invention will 'also be found useful for facilitating the flow of water into tank-tenders when thciwnter is drawn from elevated reservoirs.

We do not confine ourselves to the particular construction of the parts herein shown and employed, as their construction maybe varied without departing from the spirit of our invention. In practiceit will be desirable to have .a branch pipcprovided with a cock, extending from the steam pipe (1 to the shortpipe b, for the purpose of introducing'steam into the lifting pipe D, to expel the air after this pipe has been introduced into water. This still prevent the air which was in pipe from being carried into the tender-t'ankwhen the cock 0 is opened.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An air-tight tender-tank of a locomotive engine, provided with a pipe communicating with the locomotive boiler, and also with devices for attaching a pipe which is designed to lead into a reservoir or well of water, for the purpose of supplying said tank with water, substantially as described.-

2. The combination of the secondary air-tight water-tank E, and its spray pipe f, with the primary tank 0. substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

3. The arrangement, with an air-tight tender-tank C, and pipes a and D, of'rcservoir G, which is constructed to operate substantially as specified.

WALTER J BRASSINGTON, I WILLIAM. B. BURTNETT. V Witnesses:

BENJAMIN JAS. Romans, D. Aoonsrus BURTNETT. 

